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Baltimore rapper Lor X pleads guilty to overseeing gang, having large amounts of drugs.
Baltimore rapper Lor X pleaded guilty Monday to leading a criminal organization that distributed drugs throughout the Baltimore area, and which authorities linked to at least one killing in the city. The artist, whose name is Xavier Johnson, admitted to one count of organizing, supervising and financing a gang and two counts of being in…
Read MoreMaryland Man Pleads Guilty to Issuing Threats of Violence to an LGBTQI+ Advocacy Group
A Maryland man pleaded guilty in a U.S. District Court in Baltimore to a federal crime for using a telephone to threaten a group that advocates for LGBTQI+ people. According to court documents, on the evening of March 28, the victim organization received a threatening voicemail from Adam Michael Nettina, 34, of West Friendship. The…
Read MoreBrooklyn Homes mass shooting: 173-page report details Baltimore’s response to block party violence
The 173-page report detailing Baltimore City’s response to the Brooklyn Homes mass shooting, the largest in the city’s history, reveals acts of heroism by officers who saved lives. That includes newly-released police body-worn camera video. But it also documents failures to properly respond to the large, unpermitted event until it was too late, including warnings…
Read MoreMontgomery County bomb squad called to Department of Energy in Germantown
State and federal authorities are investigating a suspicious vehicle at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) in Germantown, Maryland Thursday morning. The Montgomery County Police and Fire Rescue Bomb Squad responded to a call from DOE security after a bomb detection dog alerted on a gray Subaru just before 9 a.m. There is a heavy police presence…
Read MoreBrooklyn mass shooting suspect arrested with gun at school in February
Baltimore police arrested a second person in the Brooklyn Homes mass shooting Thursday. The 11 News I-Team confirmed Tristan Jackson, 18, is a student at Digital Harbor High School, but he was arrested for having a gun at a different school earlier this year. Jackson is accused of firing a handgun at least five times in the direction of seven people…
Read MoreMaryland man pleads guilty in Palm Beach County antisemitic flyers case
A man accused of tossing antisemitic flyers onto Palm Beach County properties earlier this year pleaded guilty Tuesday to three criminal charges. Nicholas Byshiem, 33, of Maryland pleaded guilty to a charge of resisting arrest without violence in the city of Atlantis for an incident in January, as well as misdemeanor charges of dumping litter…
Read More19-year-old identified as stabbing suspect shot to death by police in Montgomery County
A man, accused of stabbing multiple people in Montgomery County in a series of unprovoked attacks, was shot and killed by police Saturday. Now, officials have identified him and the officer who shot him. According to the Montgomery County Department of Police, the stabbings started after the suspect attacked a woman at the Unique thrift…
Read More4 stabbed in series of unprovoked attacks in Maryland; suspect shot dead by officer: Police
Four people were injured, one critically, in a series of unprovoked stabbings in Maryland on Saturday, police said. The suspect was shot and killed by a police officer following a short pursuit, Montgomery County police said. Police received two nearly simultaneous reports of stabbings in Silver Spring shortly before 10:40 a.m. local time — one…
Read MoreHate crime charges added for suspect in Annapolis shooting that killed 3, injured 3 others
Hate crime charges have been added for the suspect in the mass shooting that killed three people and injured three others in Annapolis. Charles Robert Smith, 43, of Annapolis was handed the additional charges Friday by a grand jury, in addition to 39 other counts he is facing for the shooting on June 11, that…
Read MoreMaryland Man Sentenced for Assaulting Law Enforcement Officers and Carrying a Firearm During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach
A Maryland man was sentenced today on multiple felony and misdemeanor convictions for his actions during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol breach. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the presidential election. Christopher Michael Alberts, 35, of…
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